The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled 5-3 in Schindler Elevator Corp. v. US ex rel. Kirk that a written response to a Freedom of Information Act...
The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled 8-1 in Kentucky v. King that the exigent circumstances rule applies when the police do not act or threaten to...
The International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo announced Monday that he is seeking arrest warrants for Libyan leader Mummar Gaddafi and two others in his "inner circle" on charges of...
Voters in the Swiss city of Zurich on Sunday rejected proposed bans on assisted suicide for foreigners seeking an end to their lives. The ban was aimed at stopping a phenomenon known as "death...
The Supreme Court of Bangladesh on Sunday struck down the nation's Seventh Amendment which legitimized the military rule of General HM Ershad. The court declared Ershad's martial law rules, regulations and orders...
An Egyptian criminal court on Tuesday convicted the country's former tourism minister, Zoheir Garranah, for corruption and sentenced him to five years in prison. Garranah was found to have sold public land in the Red Sea province below market...
Arizona state officials said Monday the state will go directly to the US Supreme Court to lift the injunction preventing the state from enforcing its controversial immigration law . Arizona Governor Jan...
Thousands of Moroccans engaged in peaceful demonstrations Sunday demanding greater reform in the new constitution expected to be unveiled in June by King Mohammed VI. The protesters, led by the Facebook youth movement Fevrier 20 rejected the...
An Italian court in Milan on Monday acquitted four banks charged with failing to have adequate steps to prevent the 2003 Parmalat SpA dairy empire crash. Parmalat collapsed under 14 billion euros in debt...
An Egyptian military court convicted blogger Maikel Nabil and sentenced him to three years in prison Monday for criticizing the army and raising questions over reform in the wake of revolution, according to reports from Human Rights Watch (HRW)...
